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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—VFW has announced the winners of the 2014 National Publications Contest. Two non-VFW-affiliated journalism professionals served as judges for the competition. This is designed to guarantee impartiality and objectivity in the judging. To reiterate, VFW staffers play no part in judging the entries. The winning publications in ...
“The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is outraged and frustrated that nearly a month after some of these allegations surfaced, we still do not have the facts,” testified Ryan M. Gallucci today before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, regarding accusations that possibly 40 veterans may have died waiting for care at the...
Statement of Ryan M. Gallucci, deputy director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Veterans’ Affairs Committee United States Senate with respect to The State of VA Health Care.
On Thursday, your VFW will testify before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee about ongoing allegations of veterans dying waiting for VA health care, calling for leadership accountability and proper resources for VA health care. In advance of the hearing, we need you to email your legislators and tell them that this is a serious issue that deman...
In honor of our nation’s heroes, the VFW is teaming up with Tractor Supply Company (TSC) to make this year’s Memorial Day weekend a community event across the nation! TSC, the largest farm and ranch store chain in the United States, is offering local VFW Posts the chance to host events onsite at TSC stores throughout the country to hono...
As a Navy veteran with over 23 years of service, Jon Way wanted to do something special for his fellow Sailors who were returning home on the USS George Washington. Together with other members of his Post—VFW Post 1054 in Yokosuka, Japan—USO, MWR, and the George Washington’s home guard, Way worked to coordinate a welcome home fit for heroes. H...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States wants to know if Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities are properly serving America’s veterans. “Recent allegations about improper care in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and elsewhere have made it difficult to separate truth from conjecture,” said VFW National Commander William ...
WASHINGTON -- America’s largest combat veterans’ organization, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, does not agree with a call made today for the resignations of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, Under Secretary for Benefits Allison A. Hickey, and Under Secretary for Health Dr. Robert A. Petzel. “It is ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars will not stand by while veterans seeking the health care they have earned and deserve languish. Deliberate and concerted efforts to neglect and ignore the needs of the critically ill cannot be labeled as anything less than criminal malfeasance. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure t...
Better Brands Beverage Co., the parent company of Salute American Vodka, announced a national initiative geared to assist our nation’s veterans and military families who are in need of financial assistance. Through a one-year licensing agreement beginning today, the American-made premium vodka will donate $1 to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (...
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